Unaccompanied minors ride atop the wagon of a freight train, known as La Bestia (The Beast) in Ixtepec, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, June 18, 2014. Reuters/Jose de Jesus Cortes Thousands of protesters gathered across the United States over the weekend to call for tighter border security and the deportation of the more than … Continue reading
The opening game, Brazil-Croatia on June 12, will be a first test of the host’s readiness, mood and confidence. (AFP) Like sunshine and happiness or Lennon and McCartney, football and Brazil go together, each making the other better. So the first World Cup in Brazil in 64 years is bound to be special. … Continue reading
The Killing Fields In 1975, after the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge, Cambodian national Dith Pran, translator and journalistic partner of New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg, was plunged into the terror of Pol Pot’s oppressive and brutal prison camps. In 1979, he escaped to Thailand and, with the help of his friend … Continue reading
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